Architects Without Borders creates development through architecture and planning
We drive change through four programmes
In this programme we design and execute buildings that contribute to local development, delivered by our skilled volunteer teams.
Read more here.
In this programme, we focus on urban dynamics, primarily in the Global South, exploring ways to reduce urban poverty and vulnerability.
Read more here.
Our growing engagement in Ukraine in collaboration with local partners is brought together in this programme.
Read more here.
Our work produces unique architectural experiences that we share through professional/social events, lectures, teaching and more. Read more here.
What’s on at Architects Without Borders
Meet AUG at Building Green on October 28–29
Meet our staff and volunteers at this year's Building Green, the Nordic region's largest trade fair for sustainable construction.
Give Architects Without Borders as a Christmas gift
A membership of Architects Without Borders is a meaningful corporate Christmas gift – and can also be given to individuals.
Testimonials
“AUG works professionally, understands our challenges, and has entered the project with extraordinary commitment. We are very happy with the collaboration.”
Cecilie Hauerberg, head of secretariat at FANT
“The Biodiversity and Renewable Energy Learning Centre is an architectural masterpiece, the only one of its kind in Sierra Leone.”
Tommy Garnett, stifter og direktør for Environmental Foundation for Africa
“Architects Without Borders was great at researching the housing needs of the homeless. They then created a unique design and managed a building process with homeless people as co-builders.
We highly recommend AUG as partners.”
Project OUTSIDE
“The project was a fruitful collaboration between Architects Without Borders and the Environmental Foundation for Africa in Sierra Leone.”
Tommy Garnett, founder and executive director of Environmental Foundation for Africa
“We had a unique IT-learning centre built in Magburaka, which made a big difference for the locals.”
Rasmus Bering, CEO Dreamtown
“Architects Without Borders approached MS TCDC with curiosity, respect and commitment. They delved deep into our community and context and offered solutions that are not only practical, but also rooted in environmental sustainability and cultural understanding.”
Dr. Ana Luis Haule, Executive Director
MS Training Centre for Development Cooperation (MS TCDC)
RECENT PROJECTS
Right now, we are establishing an urban farming project in Uganda, we’re designing a community center made of bio-based building materials in Ukraine, and are upgrading an old high school in Tanzania. See more below.
Barrier-Free Movement
A project aiming to improve accessibility in Ukrainian urban spaces and buildings.
Business incubator in Voznesensk
A project that supports entrepreneurship and green construction in Ukraine
IDP Housing in Voznesensk
We are assisting a Ukrainian municipality with a preliminary proposal for housing for families who have been internally displaced by the war.
Mykolaiv Construction College
A renovation and capacity-building project designed to strengthen Ukrainian professionals' skills in the fields of building and energy renovation.
